Folded labelcard by Marga

Hi, this is Marga. Today I'd like to show you how to make this labelcard. It's one of my favorite cardshapes, as it can be used for many different occasions. When finished, it will also make a nice giftcardholder, or it can hold paper money or even a small present.

This is how the finished card will look like:

To make this card, you will need the following:

• cardstock 12"x 12"
• patterned paper, in at least 4 different coordinating patterns
• a stamped and colored image - I've used one of the lovely new WoJ stamps designed by Norma Fickel
• tacky tape
• ruler
• cutting knife
• pencil
• pencil-eraser
• Scoring tool, it's nice if you have a Score-it or ScorPal but any other score tool works fine too
• embellishments to decorate the labels, like flowers, ribbon, lace, charms etc.

From the 12"x 12" cardstock, cut a piece of 12"x 5", and put the remaining piece aside for now.

Flip the cardstock over, backside up.
Devide in 4 equal parts of 3" wide and mark them by drawing lines with the pencil.

On one of the long sides, mark 1" and draw a horizontal line over the full 12" length.

Now, next to each of the 3" wide lines measure 1/2" and mark these with a dot (see picture above).

Connect the marked dots to the intersections as shown on the above picture.

Cut out the triangles, as shown on the picture above. If you don't feel comfortable using a knife, you can use scissors instead.

Line up the vertical pencil lines exactly over the score rim, as shown on the picture above.

Score the vertical line...

...and score the other 2 vertical lines also.

Use a pencil-eraser to remove all lines and markings.

Flip the paper, facing good side up.

Fold as shown on the picture above.

When folded together, your base card should look like the picture above.

Trace the folded card on the backsides of the patterned papers and cut them out, remove a strip of 1/8" wide from all sides.

Fold the basecard open, use sticky tape on the backsides of the cut-out pieces of patterned paper, and stick them on top of the basecard as shown above.

It should now look similar to this.

Take the 12"x 7" piece of cardstock you put aside earlier, and cut of a 11 1/2" x 1 1/2" strip. Cut this strip in 4 equal pieces (see picture above).

Tear off a small strip from these pieces.

Repeat for all 4 pieces.

Cut 4 pieces of patterned paper same size as the cardstock pieces, and tear off a small strip the same way you did with the cardstock......

... but tear a little bit wider strip than you did from the cardstock, so that the cardstock will stick out after assembling them together
Glue or stick the pieces of patterned paper on top of the cardstock pieces.

Attach small strips of sticky tape on the back of each 4 assembled pieces, on the left, right and bottom, leaving the top (torned side) free.

Assemble the 4 strips to the bottom of the card, as shown on the pictures.

Cut out 3 pieces of 2 1/8" x 3 1/2" from the remaining piece of cardstock, cut away 2 edges from the top, trace these pieces on the backside of patterned papers, and cut away 1/8" from all sides.
Assemble them together, using sticky tape or glue.

Glue or stick the stamped image on a piece of patterned paper.

Print or stamp your sentiment(s) on cardstock, cut out and glue or stick to the card.
Decorate the tags to your own liking. I've used flowers, pieces of ribbon and lace, brads, gromlets, charms etc.

Stamp: Whiff of Joy - Uru and Candycane

Cardstock: Bazzill White
Patterned Papers: Basic Grey - Eskimo Kisses
Flowers: Prima Marketing
Charms: Whiff of Joy
Brads: Basic Grey
Gromlets: We R Memory Keepers

I hope you enjoyed my little workshop :)

Marga

Beaded Whipped Back Stitch Swirls By Kim Dellow

Hey guys, I thought for my tutorial that I would show you some hand-stitching on cards. But I wanted to do something a little different for decorating your papercrafting projects so I've used a whipped back stitch and added beads to give it that extra bling. The stamp I've used in this project is the Whiff Of Joy Santa Reading List stamp.


If you look closely at the swirl you will be able to see this blinged-up stitch! It is very easy to do and will add that personal touch to your makes!


Materials:

You will need:
A piercing tool
Thread
Needle (thin enough to take beads but thick enough to take your thread)
Beads
The object to be decorated!
Some sticky tape would be handy too

Step One -

If I'm doing some hand sewing on card or paper, I always prick out the stitch pattern with my piercing tool beforehand - if you try doing it with your needle you might end up with sore fingers!

Step Two -

Stick the end of your thread onto the back of the card and bring the thread through the first hole to the front of the card.

Step Three -

Work a back stitch or a close running stitch, whichever you prefer, along the pattern you have already pricked out in Step One.

Step Four -

When you have reached the end, bring the thread back through the last hole to the front of the work and pass the needle under the nearest stitch. Pull gently tight.

Step Five -

Pick up a bead with your needle and push it to the end of the thread, near the project.

Step Six -

Now thread the needle under the next stitch along and again pull gently tight. You can move where the bead lies by loosening or tightening the thread.

Step Seven -

Keep wrapping the thread around the stitching in this manner and adding beads as you go along. Remember that you don't have to add beads and you can space the beads out how you like. Also experiment with different numbers of beads to alter the look.

Step Eight -

Keep working this beaded whip stitch until you reach the end and take the thread through the last hole to the back of the work and stick the end down.

Thanks for looking and I hope you have fun with this stitch.
Kim

Mounting and indexing rubber stamps by Bev

This tutorial was done for Katharina a few months back as Whiff of Joy are now stocking Mounting Foam and she has asked me to post it here as a reference for those that want to use it so I am just lifted it off my blog to post here.

I always mount my stamps onto foam as I get a far better image when stamping with a foam mounted stamp (unless they are clear stamps then don't bother and instead use a foam pad underneath the paper to get a crisp image). I have started to index them as well, this makes it so much easier when masking as you can see exactly where you are placing the image.

Step 1. I use Stazon to index (stamp the image on the back of the foam) and sharp straight scissors to trim around the image.

Step 2. Mounting foam is sticky on one side as has a static surface the other side. Establish which is the sticky side (leave backing on for now), place stamp on top face up and line up. To make it easier to line up later I trim a corner of the image (rubber stamp and foam).

Step 3. Flip foam over, remove backing off the static cling side. Ink up the stamp.

Step 4. Place stamp face down on the cling side of the foam, ensuring that you line up the corner that you cut as close as possible . This will give you the image print on the back exactly where the image will be once the stamp is adhered to the sticky side.

Step 5. The indexed foam ready to be adhered to the rubber

 

Step 6. Flip foam over so the sticky side is facing up and remove backing paper. Line up the rubber to the foam (again ensuring that you line up the corner that you cut as close as possible) and stick down in place. Apply pressure to get a good bond.

Step 7. Now trim off the excess around the image, using sharp, straight scissors and make straight cuts. Try and avoid making rounded corners as this can undercut the foam.

 

Step 8. One mounted and indexed stamp. If you are not bothered about indexing your stamps then just follow steps 6 and 7.

hugs Bev x